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Uses and profile of Uranium.

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A feature article discussing the benefits of thorium as a nuclear fuel.

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The radioactive decay of uranium was first discovered by Antoine Henri Becquerel in 1896. The Paris physician accidentally discovered that photographic plates wrapped in dark paper were blackened by invisible radiation was capable of discharging an electroscope. In 1898, a France couple, Marie and Pierre Curie, discovered the radioactive elements radium and polonium. Marie Curie also discovered the radioactive element thorium..

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The use of nuclear energy to generate electrical energy is a controversial issue in many countries but over half of the electricity in France is generated by nuclear power stations..People are against the production of nuclear energy because past nuclear – related tragedies still haunt them. The effects caused by nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island are still fresh in the minds of most people.

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Nuclear energy will be one of the alternative sources of energy in the future. Nuclear energy is the heat energy produced from the changes in an unstable nucleus. A large amount of nuclear energy is produced when a heavy nucleus splits in two light nuclei join to form a heavier nucleus.